Field Hockey Earns ECAC Bid; Red Hawks Get No. 2 Seed

Montclair, NJ (11/9/09) – The Montclair State field
hockey season was extended on Monday as the Red Hawks claimed the No. 2
seed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III
Mid-Atlantic Championship released by the ECAC.

Montclair
State (12-6) will face No. 7 seed Gwynedd-Mercy (11-6) at Sprague Field
on Wednesday, November 11 at 7:00 pm. The winner will advance to the
semifinals at the site of the highest remaining seed on Saturday,
November 14 with the champioship game taking place on Sunday, November
15. Wilkes University (15-3) is the top seed followed by MSU, defending
champion Kean University (11-4), Alvernia (11-8), Wesley (12-9),
Catholic (11-6), Gwynedd -Mercy and Hartwick College (11-7).

The Red Hawks enter the tournament with a three-game winning streak as MSU has outscored its opponents, 14-2 during that span.

This
will be Montclair State's ninth appearance in the ECAC Tournament and
third in the last four years. Two seasons ago, Montclair successfully
defended its ECAC crown as the Red Hawks, seeded fourth, knocked off
top seed William Paterson 1-0 in the semifinals before sliping past
FDU-Florham in the title contest, 2-1. Montclair's record in the ECAC
Tournament is 12-4 winning the championship in 1990, 2001, 2006 and
2007. Montclair State was the runner-up in 2000.

MSU
has a limited history against this year's field with the exception of
Kean. Montclair is 37-16-6 all-time against the Cougars, including this
season's 2-1 win in Union on October 20. The Red Hawks are 5-2 against
Wilkes, 3-0 versus Catholic and 1-3 in four meetings with Wesley.